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Alex Ossola

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WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

A senior U.S.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

official says that sustained sanctions relief would depend on how Iran complies with core U.S.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

demands, like opening the Strait of Hormuz and the dismantling of Iran's nuclear program.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

Tehran would also still not get immediate access to billions of dollars in frozen funds.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

WSJ national security correspondent Alex Ward is reporting from Geneva and says this will be a financial benefit to Iran, a sensitive topic for the Trump administration.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

Alex says some of Trump's supporters are skeptical of the deal.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

SpaceX said today that it would buy the parent company of AI coding agent Cursor for $60 billion in stock.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

Cursor is a favorite tool of Silicon Valley, and it already brings in billions of dollars in annual revenue.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

The deal comes just a few days after SpaceX's historic IPO, and on the same day that SpaceX surpassed Amazon in market cap.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

At $2.66 trillion, it's now the fifth largest publicly traded company.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

For more, I'm joined now by journal reporter Becky Peterson.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

Becky, what does SpaceX want to do with Cursor?

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

One of the things I remember from the lead up to SpaceX's IPO is that many of these big projections for SpaceX's future really built around its AI business.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

So how critical is this acquisition to SpaceX's business?

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

Well, speaking of prices, I mean, Cursor, yes, was known as a Silicon Valley darling.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

It kicked off this vibe coding trend.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

But can you tell us a little bit about what it does and why it's worth $60 billion?

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

Today, SpaceX's stock rose almost 5%, and it's now about 50% higher than its IPO price.

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

What is driving this investor enthusiasm?

WSJ What’s News
SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

That was WSJ reporter Becky Peterson.